Means for forming eye openings in the heads of dolls and other figure toys



- 1,639,033 1927' L. J. GRUBMAN MEANS FOR FORMING EYE OPENINGS IN THEHEADS OFDOLLS AND OTHER FIGURE TOYS Filed Oct. 12, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet.1

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L. J. GRUBMAN nan/ms FOR FORMING m: orsumas IN THE arms OF DOLLS 1mm 0mmnevus TOYS Filed Oct. 12, 1926 2 Shuts-Sheet 2 mvuwoa I JHA'IITORVPatented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO T. GRUBMAN, OF BELLE HARBOR, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GRUBMAN ENGLNEERING & MANUFACTURING 00., INC.,

PORATION OF NEW YORK.

0F LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, A COR- MEANS FOR FORMING EYE OPENINGS INTHE HEADS OF DOLLS AND OTHER FIGURE I TOYS.

Application filed October 12, 1926. Serial No. 141,207.

This invention relates to means for forming eye openings in the heads ofdolls and other figure toys, and has, for its primary obj cct toexpedite this operation in the manufacture of such toys while at thesame time Obtaining a higher degree of accuracy in the location of saidopening-'5 with respect to each other and in relation to the othermolded facial featuresof the head than is possible with the use ofmethods and means heretofore employed for this purpose in the art.

More particularly, it is the essential purpo:e of my presentimprovements to provide a simple and inexpensive means whereby the twoeye openings may be simultaneously formed through the wall of the dollhead, after the head has otherwise been substantially completed andwithout necessitating the opening of the top of the head. To this end,in one practical embodiment of the invention, I provide a female dieanvil mounted upon a relatively fixed support and which is soconstructed and arranged that the said anvil may, by proper manipulationof the doll head he passed through the neck thereof and properly locatedor positioned with respect to internal eye sockets or cavitics formed inthe doll head wall. For this purpose, it is an important feature of myinvention to provide the doll head wall and said die anvil with suitablyformed coacting means whereby the outer walls of said sockets throughwhich the openings are to be cut may be accurately positioned withrespect to spaced openings in said die anvil and in relation to thespaced cutters of the male die member.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved means for forming eye openings in doll heads and in the form.construction and relative arrangement of its several parts as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings, wherein I have disclosed one simple and practicalembodiment of the invention, and in which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a female die anvil and its support;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through a doll head showing thesame arranged upon the female die anvil inproper position for theoperation of the cutting die members;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line H of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail end elevation of the female die member, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view through the doll head removedfrom the die anvil taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 oesignates a bar or rod ofsuitable length and preferably of cylindrical form which is adapted tobe mounted at one of its ends in a relatively fixed support 6. A sherein shown, this end of the rod 5 is provided with a portion 7 ofreduced diameter, and this end portion of said rod is adapted to befitted within the socketor bore 8 of the support 6. A suitable set screw9 is threaded in this support and is adapted to frictionally bear uponthe reduced portion 7 of the rod 5 to fixedly hold said rod againstrotative or longitudinal movement relative to the support. This reducedsection 7 of the rod is however, of sufficient length to permit a cer.tain amount of axial adjustment of said rod on the support.

The other end of the rod 5 is tapered and reduced in diameter andterminates in an angularly offsethead 10. The female die anvil generallyindicated at 11 is integrally formed with or suitably fixed to the head10. As herein shown, this anvil is of narrow elongated form and projectsfor an equal distance from opposite sides of thehead 10. It will benoted that the longitudinal axis of this anvil 11, or the major axialline of the openings 12 which. are formed through the opposite endportions of said anvil does not extend at rightangles to thelongitudinal axis of the rod 5 but is slightly offset from such rightangular relation. .The reason for this arrangement will hereinafter beexplained. The parts of the anvil 11 at the upper side thereof throughwhich the openings 12. are formed are of semi-spherical shape asindicated at 13, projecting .above the plane of the anvil surfacebetween said spaced openings. These openings 12 are of elliptical formto correspond in size and shape with the eye openings to be formedthrough the wall of the doll head. At its opposite ends the die anvil 11is provided with suitably formed recesses 14 therein.

In the intermediate portion of the rod 5 and extending at an angle withrespect to the rod axis an adjusting screw 15 is threaded therein andhas a reduced conically formedend portion 16.

With the die anvil 11 a vertically movable male die member generallyindicated at 17 is adapted to cooperate, said die member carrying thespaced cutters 18, the cross sectional form of which corresponds withthe form of the openings 12 in the anvil 11. The cutting edges 19 ofthese cutters 18 are concave, the radius thereof substantiallycorresponding to the radius of the semi-spherical portions 13 of theanvil 11.

The doll head generally indicated at D is molded or otherwise fashionedof wood pulp, papier mach or other composition material, and in themolding of this head, internal lugs or projections 20 are formed onopposite sides of the front wall section of the doll head and inaccurate alignment with a horizontal plane passing through thegeometrical centers of spaced cavities or sockets 21 which are formed inthe inner side of the front wall of the doll head in substantiallyequi-distantspaced relation from the vertical center line of the headand at op.- posite sides of the nose indicated at 22. The radius ofthese sockets 21 also substantially corresponds to the radius of thesemisphcrical projections 13 on the die anvil 11. These sockets are ofsuch depth with relation to the thickness of the doll head wall as toprovide relatively thin wall sections 23 closing the outer sides of thesockets.

In dolls provided with oscillating or moving eyes, the opening throughthe neck of the doll head is often of such size that, difficulty isencountered in inserting the anvil. However, the angular arrangement ofthe die anvil 11 on the end of its supporting rod 5, as above explained,makes it possible to so manipulate the doll head that the neck thereofmay be passed over said die anvil so as to position the anvil within thehead. Although the head is otherwise completely closed. the operator mayreadily locate the head in the proper position upon the die anvil, sincehe will be informed by his sense of touch when the lugs 20 on the wallof the doll head enter the recesses 14 in the ends of the die anvil 11whereby the protuberant or semi-spherical portions 13 of said anvil areseated in the respective sockets 21 of the doll head wall. There issuflicient play of the lugs 20 in recesses 14 to permit of a certainamount of adjustment by means of the screw 15. The end 16 of this screwprovides a rest or support against which the neck wall of the doll headbears and by adjusting said screw, the doll head may be slightly rockedor tilted in a vertical plane as required for the particular model ofhead, to thereby properly position the wall sections 23 of said d ollhead in relation to the openings 12 through the die anvil 11. By meansof a foot treadle or other suitable operating means the male die member17 is then moved downwardly as indicated in Fig. 3 so that the cutters18 simultaneously cut through the wall sections 23 of the doll head andpass downwardly through the openings 12 in the anvil 11, the cut outsections of the doll head wall being deposited within said head fromwhich they are subsequently removed. In this manner, it will be evidentthat the two eye openings thus formed through the wall of the doll headwill be of precisely the same shape and size and in proper symmetricalrelation to the sculptured outlines of the respective eyelids. Suchaccuracy in the formation of these openings through the doll head wall,is esse-ntial in order to secure uniformity of procluct so that it ispossible to interchangeably use a standard eye mounting in heads of thesame model.

After the eye openings have thus been formed, the doll head is removedfrom the anvil 11, and the eye sockets are reamed out so as to insureexact coincidence between the centers of the eye sockets and the centersof the eye openings. For this purpose, I preferably use the machineillustrated and described in my co-pending application for patent SerialNo. 32,301, filed May 23, 1925, and which may be controlled and operatedwith a high degree of accuracy through the neck of the doll head andwithout necessitating that the top of the head be opened for thispurpose. In so far as I am aware, in the prior art practices, the eyeopenings were cut by careful manual adjustment of the punches withrelation to the outlines of the eyelids or accurate positioning of thehead relative to the punches. Such separate operations. are tedious,time-consuming and attended usually by a more or less inaccuratelocation of the two eve openings so that their enters are out ofsymmetrical relation with the modeled eyelids.

From the foregoing description considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, manner of operation and severaladvantages of my present inven tion will be clearly and fullyunderstood. It will be seen that I have produced a very simple andhighly efficient means for greatly expediting the formation of spacedeye openings in the walls of'doll heads and other figure toys and whichwill practically eliminate the inaccuracies above referred to and insureabsolute uniformity in product so that all doll heads of the same sizeproduced from the same mold will have the eye openings thereofcorrespondingly located in exactly the same symmetrical relation to theother facial features of the doll head wall. The eye mountings are thusinterchangeable in different doll heads of the same size andconformation. It will therefore, be understood that the essentialfeature of my pres ent invention resides in the mounting and arrangementof the anvil and the die cutter in definite cooperative relation to eachother and in the provision of coacting means on the anvil and the wallof the doll head whereby a predetermined section or area of the dollhead wall is accurately positioned with respect to the anvil forengagement by the cutting die.

I have herein disclosed an embodiment of my invention, which I havefound to be entirely satisfactory in practical operation. Nevertheless,it is to be understood that the essential features thereof might also beincorporated in various other alternative structures, and I accordinglyreserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate mechanicalchanges therein as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

I claim 1. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of adoll head including a support having spaced portions adapted to bepositioned within the doll head, means for positioning said portions indefinite contacting relation with spaced parts of the doll head wall,and die cutters adapted to cut through said spaced parts of the headwall to form the eye openings: therethrough in accurate predeterminedrelation to the other niolded features of the head wall.

2. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding a support having spaced portions adapted to be positionedwithin the doll head, means for positioning said supporting portions indefinite contacting relation with spaced parts of the doll head wall,each of said supporting portions having an opening therethrough, and diecutters aligned with the respective openings adapted to cut through saidhead wall from the opposite side thereof and form the spaced eyeopenings through said wall in accurate relation to the other moldedfeatures of the head.

3. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding spaced parts each having an opening therethrough, means forpositioning said parts in definite contacting relation with one side ofthe doll head wall, and die cutters aligned with the respective openingsadapted to cut through said head wall from the opposite side thereof andenter the respective openings to thereby form spaced eye openings in thehead wall in accurate relation to the other molded features of the head.

4. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding spaced parts adapted to be positioned within the doll head,said parts and the doll head wall having coacting means to positionspaced portions of the head wall in definite contacting relation to saidparts, and die cutters adapted to cut through said portions of the headwall from the outer side thereof and thereby produce the spaced eyeopenings in accurate relation to the other molded features of the dollhead.

5. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding p spaced relatively fixed parts adapted for passage throughthe neck of the doll head, said parts and the doll head wall havingeoaoting means to position spaced portions of said wall in definitecontacting relation with said parts, additional means for adjusting thedoll head relative to said spaced parts, and die cutters adapted to cutthrough said spaced portions of the head wall from the outer sidethereof and form the eye openings through said wall in accurate relationto the other molded features of the doll head.

6. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding an anvil mounted upon a fixed support and having spaced parts,means for definitely positioning said spaced parts of the anvil incontacting relation with one side of the doll head wall, and movable diecutters operating in the plane of the respective portions of said anvilfrom the opposite side of the doll head wall and adapted to cut throughthe wall portions engaged with said spaced parts of the anvil to therebyproduce eye openings through said wall in accurate relation to the othermolded features of the doll head.

7. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of a doll headincluding an anvil having spaced parts each provided with an openingtherethrough. coacting means on the opposite ends of said anvil and theside walls of the doll head to definitely position said parts incontacting relation with spaced portions of the head wall, and diecutters movable in the plane of the respective spaced portions of theanvil from the opposite side of said wall and adapted to out throughsaid spaced portions of the head wall to form the eye openings inaccurate relation to the other molded features of the doll head.

8. Means for forming spaced eye openings through the wall of'a doll headincluding an anvil having spaced parts each provided with an openingtherethrough, said anvil adapted for insertion through the neck of thedoll head, the opposite ends of the anvil and the side walls of the dollhead having coacting means to position spaced portions of the front wallof the doll head in definite contacting relation with the spaced partsof the anvil, and spaced die cutters aligned with the respectiveopenings through the parts of the anvil and adapted to cut through saidspaced portions of the doll head wall from the opposite side thereof toproduce the eye openings in accurate relation to the other moldedfeatures of the doll head.

9. In con'ibination. an anvil adapted for insertion through the neck ofa doll head and adapted to be positioned in supporting contact with thefront wall thereof, said anvil having spaced openings therein, andcutting die members movable relative to said anvil adapted to cutthrough the doll head.v wall to simultaneously form spaced eye openingstherein, said die members entering the respective openings in saidanvil.

10. In combination, an anvil adapted for insertion through the neck of adoll head and having spaced semi-spherical projections adapted forengagement in spaced sockets in the front wall of the doll head, andeach of said portions of the anvil having an opening therethrough, andcutting die members aligned with the respective openings of the anviland operable from the outer side of the doll head to cut through thesocket walls and enter said openings of the anvil to thereby form spacedeye openings in the head wall in accurate symmetrical re ation to theother molded features thereof.

11 In combination, a supporting rod and an elongated anvil on one end ofsaid rod positioned at other than a right angle to the axis of said rodto enable the anvil to pass through the neck of a doll head, coactingmeans on the anvil and the doll head wall to definitely position spacedparts of the anvil in contacting relation with the front wall of thedoll head, each of said parts of the anvil. having an openingtherethrough. and sin'niltaneously operable die cutters aligned with therespective openings and adapted to enter the same from the exterior ofthe doll head and thereby form spaced eye openings in the head all. inaccurate symmetrical relation to the other molded features thereof.

12. In combination, a supporting rod and an elongated anvil on one endthereof posi tioned at other than a right angle to the axis of said rodand adapted for passage through the neck of a doll head, the oppo siteside *alls of the doll head and the ends of the anvil having coactinglugs and recesses to position spaced parts of the anvil in definitecontacting relation with the front metrical relation to the other moldedfea tures thereof.

13. In combination, an anvil, av cutting die, one of said parts beingmounted for movement relative to the other in a definite predeterminedpath, and said anvil having means for cooperative engagement with meansformed on the wall of a doll head to accurately position a section ofthe doll head wall with relation to said anvil and the cutting diewhereby an eye opening will be cut through said wall by the die inaccurate relation to the other molded features of the doll head wall.

14-. In combination, an anvil having an opening therein, a cutting diecorresponding in cross sectional shape to said opening and movabletherethrough, and said anvil hav ing means to coact with meansinternally formed on the wall of a doll head to accurately position asection of the doll head Wall over said opening and in the path ofmovement of the cutting die to thereby form an eye opening through thehead wall in accurate relation to the other molded features of the head.

15. In a tool of the character described, an anvil having two spacedparts adapted for engagement with the inner side of the front wall of adoll head and each provided with an eye-shaped opening therethrough toreceive a correspondingly shaped relatively movable cutting die, and athird part on said tool for engagement with the wall of the doll head tosupport said head with respect to said spaced parts in a predeterminedplane relative to the path of movement of the cutting dies.

16. In a tool of the character described, an anvil having two spacedparts adapted for engagement with the inner side of the front wall of adoll head and each provided with an eye-shaped opening therethrough toreceive a correspondingly shaped relatively movable cutting die, and anadjustable member adapted for contact with the wall of the doll head tosupport said head with respect to said spaced parts in a predeterminedplane relative to the path of movement of the cutting dies.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN.

